5/26/2023 0 Comments Wait and see wendy pope pdf![]() ![]() ![]() The most important was their connection with Portugal. ![]() Jesuit interest in Ethiopia originated from several factors. By the time of Ignatius, Prester John had been identified with the emperor of Abyssinia-known as negus within his realm-and “the question” Ignatius was dealing with concerned the missioning of Jesuits to the Prester’s lands. ![]() 2 Prester John was the title of a Christian prince who was supposed to have existed somewhere in the east, the subject of a legend that had its roots in twelfth-century Europe. 1 He certainly referred to this mission while narrating the story of his life to Luís Gonçalves da Câmara (1520–75) in late 1553, when he suspended the exercise until “the question of Prester John” had been settled. Ignatius of Loyola ( c.1491–1556), the Society’s founder and first superior general (in office 1540–56), probably started thinking about a mission to Ethiopia-or Abyssinia as it was known historically-as early as 1538. Even before the Society of Jesus was officially recognized in 1540, a possible Jesuit mission to Africa was already being considered. ![]()
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